Countries should continue safeguards – WHO

Last updated on September 11th, 2021 at 08:31 am

The World Health Organization advised countries Monday to continue enforcing protection measures to manipulate the unfold of the coronavirus, such as limiting public gatherings and defending inclined groups as they try to reopen corporations and services. 

“The more manage nations have over the virus, the extra they can open up. Opening up without having manipulate is a recipe for disaster,”WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated at a virtual information briefing from the United Nations health agency’s Geneva headquarters.”No usa can just pretend the pandemic is over.”

Tedros outlined “four imperative things that all countries, communities and individuals should focal point on to take control.” He said countries need to “prevent amplifying events,” which he stated many countries have linked to giant gatherings at stadiums, nightclubs and places of worship.

He brought that countries and humans can discover “creative ways” to be social.  He brought that countries should stop deaths through defending inclined people, consisting of older people, people with underlying stipulations and fundamental workers. This will assist keep lives and alleviate the burden on countries’ fitness systems, Tedros said. 

Tedros additionally said “individuals need to play their part” by way of wearing masks, social distancing and washing their palms frequently. He brought that governments can avoid stay-at-home orders through implementing centered responses to outbreaks thru testing, contact tracing and isolating.

“If nations are serious about opening up, they have to be serious about suppressing transmission and saving lives,” he said. “This may seem like an not possible balance, however it’s not. It can be performed and it has been done.”

Tedros brought that the WHO these days posted coaching on how hotels, cargo ships and fishing vessels can safely resume operations as “part of our commitment to assisting each region to reopen as safely as possible.”

(CGTN)